Textiles Committee

Govt. of India
Ministry of Textiles

Course material under ISDS for JACQUARD

Hand loom Weaver (Frame Loom)
 TABLE OF CONTENTS

Contents Page No.

Basic textile terms 4

Weaving 5

What is Handloom 6

What is Jacquard 5-6

Sequence of operations in weaving 7

Identification of parts 8

Major Parts of Hand Loom 9-11

Motions of loom 12-13

BASIC WEAVES 13-15

Mounting of Hand Loom 16

Preparation of Hand Loom for weaving 17

Operations for Handloom 18-20

Handloom Jacquard 21-23

Harnessing 23-26

Card Cutting Machine 27-29

Other work practices 30

Weavers knot 31-32

Fabric defects 32-35

Precautionary Measures 36-37

Contingencies 38

E OF CONTENTS

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1. BASIC TEXTILES TERMS:

Yarn: A continuous strand of fibers/filament, twisted /non twisted, it is basic raw

material for weaving.
Type of Yarns: single yarn, double or multi fold yarn, spun yarn & filament yarn
etc.
Yarn count:
Yarn count is the numerical expression of yarn, which defines its fineness or
coarseness. (Linear density).
Yarn count system:
Indirect system: English count (Ne), Worsted Count etc.
i.e. Higher the yarn number, finer the yarn.
Direct System: Tex, Denier
i.e. Higher the yarn number , Coarser the yarn.
Note: English (Ne) count system is commonly followed India.
English Count: No. of Hanks of length 840 yds weighing in 1 pound
1yds: 0.9144mtrs
1lbs: 0.453 Kgs.
e.g. 40s Ne = 40 hanks of 840 yds weighs 1 lbs.
20s Ne = 20 hanks of 840 yds weighs 1 lbs.

2. WEAVING:

Weaving is a process of fabric production in which two distinct sets of yarns are
interlaced at right angles to each other to form a fabric or cloth.

The lengthwise yarns are called the warp yarn and the widthwise yarns are called
the weft yarn.

Selvedge: The length wise running edges of woven fabric are known as
selvedges. It prevents unraveling of warp yarns.

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What is HANDLOOM?

Hand loom
1. A hand loom is a simple machine used for weaving. In a wooden vertical-shaft
looms, the heddles are fixed in place in the shaft. This loom is powered by hand. The
warp threads pass alternately through a heddle, and through a space between the
heddles (the shed), so that raising the shaft raises half the threads (those passing
through the heddles), and lowering the shaft lowers the same threadsthe threads
passing through the spaces between the heddles remain in place.

2. It is a manual operating system.

3. Shedding is done by pedal and picking and beating is done manually.
4. Less production as compare to power loom.
5. Slow running speed as compare to power loom.
6. Initial investment is low as compare to power loom.

Basically there are two types of handloom:

1. Frame loom
2. Pit loom
These could be further divided in to fly shuttle and throw shuttle looms.

What is Jacquard?

A jacquard shedding device used in weaving designs that are beyond the scope of
dobby shedding. In practice, jacquards are mainly used for large and intricate figured
designs with several hundreds, or even several thousands of ends working in different
fashion and repeating upon a similar number of picks.

Types of Jacquard: Jacquard machines used at the present time are numerous and
varied. However, they may be broadly divided in to two groups; Ordinary and special.
Ordinary Jacquard may be further classified on the basis of the type of the shed
formation achieved-
1) Bottom closed shed type with single lift, single cylinder.
2) Centre closed shed type.
3) Semi open shed type like double lift, single cylinder on double lift,
double cylinder.
4) Open shed type

Special Jacquards are modifications of the ordinary ones. These are

designed to increase the figuring capacity of the jacquard or to weave
special types of fabrics. Some of the special jacquards are listed below.
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1) Cross border jacquard
2) Leno jacquard
3) Scale harness or banister jacquard
4) Pressure harness jacquard
5) Twilling jacquard
6) Inverted hook jacquard
7) Jacquard with working comber board
8) Fine pitch jacquard

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Sequence of operations in weaving (Hand loom):

Yarn

Sizing

Warping

Drawing-in Pirn Winding

Denting

Weaving

Grey Inspection

Folding

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3. IDENTIFICATION OF HAND LOOM PARTS:

Frame Loom

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Major Parts of Loom:

Warp Roller: The warp roller which

consists of the lengthwise yarns is
located at the back of the loom & it
releases the warp yarn to the
weaving area of the loom as
needed.

Handle: The handle is provided on

the warp roller to tighten or loosen
the warp sheet which ultimately
changes the tightness factor of the
fabric.
Back Beam: To maintain the
constant tension and proper angle
to the warp sheet.

Heddles: it is a frame to hold the

heald wires. Heald wire it is a wire
with a hole or eye in its centre
through which a warp yarn is
threaded. In some cases cotton or
synthetic yarn head wires are also
used.

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Bobbin and Shuttle: The weft
yarn wound on a bobbin (pirn),
which sets into a shuttle. As the
shuttle passes back and forth
through the warp shed, it releases
weft yarn from the pirn.

Beater: This is inevitably a

Beater
combination made up of metallic
wires set vertically in a frame. The
spaces between the wires are
known as dents. There is a beater
free (Reed frame) mounted on
beater. The weaver holds the
beater free to give beater a to and
fro motion for beating the last pick
to the fell of the cloth.

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Cloth roller: It is located at the
front of the loom, hold the
completed fabric

Treadles: these are located at the

bottom the loom and are designed
to control warp shed formation by
controlling the up and down
movement of the heddles. The
weaver presses the treadles by
their feet for shed formation. The
shed on a handloom is controlled
manually by giving proper
movement to the treadles using
foot.

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MOTIONS OF LOOM:

Primary motions:
Shedding motion:
Shedding separates the warp yarns
into two layers for the insertion of a
pick. The function of shedding
mechanism is to raise & lower the
heddles. Which carry a group warp
ends drawn through heald eye. There
are different kinds of shedding
mechanism like Tappet, Jacquard etc.

Picking motion:
Picking motion inserts a pick (weft)
from one side to the other side of the
fabric.
In Hand looms, pick is inserted with
the help of a shuttle through the shed
opened by the shedding mechanism.
i.e. between the two layers of warp
shed.
Beating-up:
The function of beat up mechanism is
to push the weft thread that has been
inserted across the warp threads in a
shed, up to the fell of cloth. Fell of the
cloth is the position of the last pick in
cloth woven on the loom. The beating-
up of the weft to the fell of cloth is
carried out by the beater.

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Secondary motions:

Take-up motion :
Take- up motion winds the fabric as being manufactured.
It means after the beat up of the weft, woven cloth is drawn away from the reed. After
weaving a suitable length, the weaver roll the fabric on the cloth roller with the help of
take up motion handle and continue the weaving.

Let-off motion
Let- off controls the amounts of warp delivered and maintains the regional tension
during weaving. This motion delivers warp to weaving area at the required rate and at a
suitable constant tension by unwinding it from a warp roller.
The weaver has to manually adjust the weight on the tension lever to maintain the
tension of warp sheet.

Some basic weaves:

1. Plain weave

2. Twill weave

3. Satin weave

The handloom can be used for making the complicated designs with the help of dobby
and jacquard. Examples: damask, weft back cloth, patent satin etc.

All products which can be produced on powerlooms, the same can be produced on
handlooms. But there are many products which can be produced by handloom only.
Example: Banarsi saree

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 Denting plan H2 X

0
0
Drafting plan

H1 x
T2 T1

Tie up plan

Plain weave

(T1: Treadle 1; T2: Treadle 2;

H1: Heddle 1; H2 Heddle 2
X: Heddle is tied with treadle)
Figure 1: Plain Weave

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FIGURE:2

DENTING PLAN (2ENDS PER DENT)

0 H3 X X
0

0
H2 X X
DRAWING IN (DRAFTING)

H1 X X

T2 T3 T1

2/1 TWILL WEAVE TIE UP PLAN

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Mounting of Loom:

First of all it has to be decided how many heddles and treadles need to be used to make
a particular design or weave. It is decided by drawing one repeat of the weave as
shown in figure 1&2. How many different warp and weft interlacements are there that
will decide the number of treadles and heddles required. as shown in the figure, the
plain weave is having only two different interlacement for warp and weft so only two
treadles and heddles are required.

In the handloom weaving, weaver has to do drafting, denting, as well as the tying up of
the treadles with the heddles according to the design required. The related terms are
explained as below:

Drafting or drawing in: After getting the warp beam the weaver has to pass the warp
through the heddles (heald eye) according to the required weave. This is called drafting
or drawing in. As shown in the above figure 1 the 1st end will be passed through the first
heald and 2nd through the second heald. the 3rd end will again pass through the first
heddle and so on.

Denting: it is the process of passing the drawing in ends through the reed for beating
purpose. There can be two ends per dent, three ends per dent as per the requirement.
More clearly the number of ends per dent depends upon the number and warp count .
In the above figures two ends per dent has been shown. In case of selvedge the denting
order may be different as compared to the main body of the fabric.

Tie up: Once the weaver finishes the drawing in and denting, the next process he/she
has to do is to tie the healds with the treadles. As shown in figure 1 the first treadle is
tied with second heald and second treadle is tied with first heald.

Number of heald and treadles to be used depends upon the weave. In figure 2 only two
healds are required as it is a plain weave. Likewise for weave 2/1 twill 3 healds and 3
treadles will be required.

While working on jacquard handloom the process of drafting is not done because in that
case the healds are not used instead the harness are used. But to understand the
basics of handloom a little discussion on handloom drafting is introduced in this module.

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Preparation of the loom:

To check the looms parameter like warp tension, proper opening of shed, reed
movement etc, whether the loom is compatible for weaving or not. Adjustments have to
be done by the weaver accordingly, the weaver should take precautions, to minimize or
avoid the yarn breakages. Weaver should check the shed opening by false picking and
reed movement by false beating.

Pirn Winding: A simple machine shown in the figure below is used for pirn winding in
handloom.

There is a wheel and a metallic shaft, which are connected with each other with the help
of rope for transferring motion. the hank is mounted on the wheel and the pirn is
mounted on the shaft. then the yarn from the hank is transferred on to the pirn by
rotating the wheel.

Precautions: 1. While winding the care should be taken that, it should be filled in small
bunches throughout its length.

2. Same tension should be maintained till the pirn get filled.

3. The groove of the pirn should be kept empty.

4. The yarn should be filled on the pirn in optimum amount.

Pirn Winding Machine

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 4. Operations for Handloom
Attending to Warp Break:
Find out broken warp ends.
Find out the location of the broken end by visual examination.
Mend the broken warp end in the sized beams with the thrums of the same count of
the sized beams, using " weavers ' knots"
Draw the mended warp yarn through the heddles properly as per the drawing order
prescribed.
Draw the mended warp yarn through the beater properly as per the denting order
prescribed.
See that the sley has been brought to the back centre.
See that the shuttle is inserted fully in the shuttle box.
Run the loom by using proper hand and foot movements on the appropriate parts of
the loom designed for the purpose.

Broken Warp Ends

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 Attending to Weft Break:
See that the beater to be brought the back centre.
Take out shuttle from shuttle box.
Find out the broken pick. Check whether the pick has covered halfway or less.
Take out the broken pick.

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 Carefully do the piecing of the weft yarn with the shuttle yarn (Do not do knotting).
See that the shuttle is inserted fully in the correct shuttle box.
Run the loom by using proper hand and foot movements on the appropriate parts
of the loom designed for the purpose.

CHANGING PIRN IN THE SHUTTLE / MENDING WEFT BREAK

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HANDLOOM JACQUARD:

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WORKING OF JACQUARD:

Jacquard is a shedding device 1- Griffe, 2- Hook

3- Knife, 4- Needle
attached to the top of a
handloom [Pit/Frame] and
controls a large number of warp
threads with a view to produce
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the maximum variety of sheds
12- Mail Eye 5- Four Sided Cylinder
for ornamenting the fabrics. 6 - Needle Board
13- Lingoes
7- Spring Box, 8- Grate
Details of a Handloom Jacquard: 14- Perforated
9- Neck Chord
In figure, upright wires are hooks Card 10- Harness
11- Comber Board
[2] and the bent horizontal wires
are needles [4]. The needle
board [6] is a perforated board
through which the needles pass.
The back end of the needles 13

pass through springs in the

spring box [7]. The hooks rest on
the cross wires of the fixed
grate[8].

At the bottom end of the hooks there are strong chords of twine called neck chord [9].The neck
chords are connected with strong and long chords called harness chords [10] which pass
through a perforated board called comber board [11]. Harness chords hold small metallic eyes
called mail eyes [12] which are connected with dead weights called lingoes [13]. Warp threads
which are to be lifted in accordance with the design pattern to be woven, pass through the mail
eyes. Top of the hooks [2] rest on metallic plates called knives [3] and the knives rest on a
metallic frame called griffe[1]. Hooks are lifted upwards by upward movement of the griffe by
means of a system which consists of lever, rope and treadle which is operated by weaver with
his/her foot in handloom . When the griffe moves upward, the cards of the perforated four side
cylinder [14] is pressed against the needles .And if there is hole in the card, the needle directly
opposite to the hole will pass through it and into the perforation in the cylinder, and the knife will
take up the hook to which this needle is connected and the corresponding warp thread will be
lifted to form shed. If there is no hole in the card against any needle, the corresponding hook will
be pushed back and left down. When the griffe comes down, the cylinder is taken away from the
needles and the hooks are forced back to original position by small springs in the spring box [7].
Cards are punched in a card puncher in pre planned manner depending on the designs to be
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produced on the fabrics. The four side cylinder is turned by a swing lever system of the jacquard
to present a fresh card before the needles for fresh selection of hooks for lifting.

Size and figuring capacity of jacquard:

SIZE AND FIGURING CAPACITY OF JACQUARD
Size of the machine Hooks in a short row Hooks in long row Total hooks
100 4 26 104
200 8 26 208
300 8 38 304
400 8 51 or 52 408 or 416
500 10 51 510
600 12 51 or 52 612 or 624
800 12 70 840
900 12 72 924
1000 10 100 1000
1200 12 104 1248

Harnessing:

There are two main types of harness ties.

1. Straight or Norvich system.
2. Cross or London system.

Straight or Norwich system:

When the jacquard is placed over the loom in such a position that the cylinder is either at
the back of the loom over the warp yarn or at the front, above the head of the weaver, the
harness is said to have a straight or Norvich tie which is shown in the figure below. In this
method, the long rows of hooks in the machine are parallel with the long rows of holes in the
comber board.

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Cross or London system:
When the jacquard machine is so placed above the loom that the cylinder is either to the
right or left side of the loom, the harness is said to have cross or London tie as shown in figure
below. The long rows of hooks in the machine are at right angles to the long rows of holes in the
comber board and the harness receives a quarter turn or a partial crossing in passing from the
hook through the comber board.
The only difference between this method of harness tie and the straight tie, is that the
jacquard machine is turned one quarter way round with relation to the loom. When this method
is used, the cards of the jacquard machine hang either over the right hand or left hand side of
the loom.

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Instead of the two methods shown above there are some methods like centre or
point tie, border tie, combination or complex tie. These methods of harness tie are
not so commonly used as the London and Norvich system.

Summery of Calculations:
Assuming the figure given below (in which lines represent exactly one repeat 6
x4.8 cm) is required to be woven in a cloth that counts, when finished, 50 ends and
38 picks per centimetre, and has shrunk 8% from the reed width to the finished
width, while the ground weave repeats upon 20 ends and 12 picksthe particulars
may be ascertained as follows.

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 a) Number of ends and picks (or cards) in one repeat of the design.
b) Number of ends per inch in the reed.
c) Suitable capacity of jacquard and set of harness to produce the design exactly
in the size.
D) Counts of design paper.

a) The repeat is 4.8 cm in width and 6 cm in length. The number of ends in the
repeat50x4.8= 240
The number of picks in the repeat--- 38x6= 228
b) Number of ends per cm in the reed--- 50-8%= 46
c) A suitable standard capacity of jacquard in an 8-row 304-tie which will require to
be cast out: 304-240= 64 hooks

The set of the harness requires to be finer than the set of the warp,
because 304 harness cords have to occupy the same width in the comber
board as 240 ends in the reed , and the proportion is therefore:
240 ends:304 hooks:: 50 ends per cm: 63 harness cords per cm

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Card Cutting: The purpose of the jacquard weaving is to produce designs that are
too expensive to be woven with tappets or dobbies. Any design that can be
painted can be woven on loom with jacquard. Card cutting is an important work
for a weaver working on handloom jacquard. At present card cutting can be
done through some external agency to save the time and to increase the
production. Even though the weaver should have some basic knowledge about
card cutting and card lacing which is discussed as below.
First a design is drawn on a plain paper and then repeated a sufficient number
of times vertically and horizontally to see the overall and general effect of the
repeating pattern. The design is then transferred and enlarged on a suitable
graph paper. The vertical lines on the graph will show the warps and the
horizontal lines will show the picks. The design is enlarged on the graph paper
with exact number of ends and picks as it will appear on the fabric.
Before starting the card cutting it is necessary to divide the graph paper by
heavy vertical lines into a number of hooks in a short row. The design paper is
guide to the card cutter. In case of a 8 hook in the short row of the jacquard, the
design paper should be marked with heavy lines after every 8 small squares
horizontally. This is essential because the working of all the hooks in each row
is read at a time for punching a card. Thus, in a 400-machine with 8 hooks in
each short row, 50 operations are required to transfer the working of 400 ends
from the graph paper to the pattern card. In ordinary jacquard each card
represents only one pick of the design. Thus, if a repeat is completes on 300
picks then it is essential to cut 300 cards.

Card cutting machine: The most common type of manually operated card
cutting machine is known as Piano card cutting machine. A figure of card
cutting machine is shown below with different views.

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Operation of card cutting machine: The card is inserted and is held into its place
by pressing a lever which lifts a catch to insert the card for securing it firmly into
its position. The card cutter with his finger tips presses in the keys that lock the
punches for the holes to be cut as per design and the card cutter presses the
lever B which brings down the heads together so that the punches that are
locked by their keys penetrate the card. Keys 1 and 2 are controlled by the
thumb of right hand and keys 3,4,5,6 by the fingers of the right hand. Keys
7,8,9 and 10 by the fingers of the left hand and key 11 and 12 by the thumb of
the left hand. Peg hole is controlled by the thumb of the right hand. In this way
the cards are punched according to the required design on the graph paper
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 mounted on the reading board. The holes on the card will represent a warp up
while the blanks will represent a warp down.

Card Lacing:
The next operation after the cards are cut is the lacing of the cards to form an
endless card chain. The card lacing is usually done by hand in case of
handloom weaving.
Hand lacing:
A wooden lacing frame consisting of two long narrow supports for the cards is
used to place about 30 to 50 cards at a time for lacing. The wooden lacing
frame is studded with small metal or wooden pegs representing the pegs of the
cylinder of the jacquard. The cards are placed in the serial order in the frame. A
needle, threaded with a lacing twine, is used to lace the cards. The manner in
which the cards are laced is shown in figure below. It is clear from the figure
that the lacing cords are crossing between two consecutive holes and also
between two consecutive cards.

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 Other Work Practices:
Before starting the loom the weaver should ensure optimum tension in the warp
sheet so as to avoid wrong beat up and lessen the yarn breakages.
Correct the fabric defects like wrong drawing, wrong denting, end out, double end
etc., immediately and also ensure that the other fabric defects too are corrected at
the earliest, before continuing further production.
Clean the machines & work area, so as to ensure good working atmosphere,
without damaging the fabrics in the looms where the cleaning work is carried out
as well as in the adjacent & opposite looms
Run the machine without " starting mark or crack"
Ensure that the loose threads are hanged in higher length (not more than 4 mm).
Accordingly, and trimmed, after attending to the warp breaks.
Ensure that the correct weft yarn is used
See that the weft yarn is completely used, without giving room for additional
wastage of raw materials.
Ensure correct quality of thrums are there & see that the same are properly tied
Check the knotted loom for knotting quality etc. double ends have to be removed
should report to supervisors for any deviation in the same & for any other quality
issue
Ensure that no raw material/ cloth/ spare/ tool / any other material is thrown under/
near the machines or in the other work areas.
Check for the reasons for the frequent warp/ weft breaks. The reasons that could
be corrected by himself/ herself should be corrected. Otherwise, the same has to
be reported to the mechanics/ fitters/ supervisors.

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 5. WEAVERS KNOT

The following illustration explains the procedure for putting weavers knot.

1.

Pick up the broken end 6 mm from its end with the left hand thumb and
second (middle) finger.
2.

Then tie thread is then placed under the broken end by the right hand.
3.

A loop is made with the tie thread around the left hand thumbnail, and
tie thread passed behind the tie thread end.

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4.

The first finger of the left hand is moved down against the thumb to
hold the loop in position on the thumb.
5.

Right hand thumb is used to push the tail formed by the broken end,
under the left hand thumb.
6

To form the knot, the right hand pulls the tie thread, while the left hand
holds the knot stationary. They should be no pulling by the left hand.
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 6. FABRIC DEFECTS:
Defect is an unwanted structure on the fabric due to many reasons. The following are
the some of the type of the fabric defects e.g. missing ends, missing picks, reed mark,
double end, weft crack, weft bar, temple mark, starting mark, float, slubs etc

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 7. FABRIC DEFECTS TABLE:
Defect is an unwanted structure of the woven fabric.

Fabric Defect Tables

Name Appearance Cause Prevention
Thick Place in Bars of denser Faulty let-off or take-up motion. Cloth
weft Direction. woven fabric inspection.
across cloth
Slack End. A warp end 1. End run out on the warp Cloth
gathering in the beam. inspection.
cloth. 2. End not in drop wire.
Floating End. Un-woven warp 1. End not drawn into heald. cloth
end 2. Broken heald. inspection
Starting Place. Light gap weft 1. Incorrect machine setting. Cloth
way in the cloth 2. Not shed levelling when inspection.
machine stopped
Slubs. Thick lumps of 1. Faulty weft yarn. Cloth
yarn weft way 2. Not removing broken weft inspection.
correctly. Good
methods.
Wrong Dent. Thin line warp End or ends drawn into the Know correct
way in the wrong dent. denting order.
cloth.
Wrong Draft. Irregular End or ends drawn into the Know correct
pattern warp wrong heald. drafting order.
way in the
cloth.
Broken Pick. Visible line weft 1. Broken weft not completely Always use
way in the removed. correct weft
cloth. 2. Loose pick not found. repair
methods.
cloth
inspection.
Thin Place Light bar 1. Faulty let-off or take-up Cloth
across the motion. inspection.
cloth due to low 2. Cloth wrapped around rollers.
weft density. 3. Faulty weft yarn.
Double Pick. Thick line 1. Not having found the loosing Correct weft
running across pick. repair
the cloth. 2. Reserve cone caught and methods.
running in. Correct weft
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 creeling
method.
Thick Place Thick bar in 1. Double weft running in. Correct weft
weft way weft way 2. Thick/wrong weft yarn. creeling
3. Double weft from winding method.
department.
Warp Way Unwoven ends 1. Fluff or knot behind the reed. Cloth
Stitching warp way in the 2. Spare end weaving in. inspection.
cloth. 3. Not removing broken warp
end from shed. Correct
4. Too long tails on weaver methods for
knot. weavers knot
and warp
break repair.
Faulty Design Repeat of the Wrong pick insertion. Before starting
design not the weaving
matching or the shed
design break should be
checked. It
should be
clear through
out the width.

Remedial measures for controlling the defects

Defects can be reduced by using good quality of yarn, good weaving preparations;
proper loom settings at various stages of fabric manufacturing

PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES:

Back of Loom (Warp Alley)

Slubs:
A thick place in the warp: slubs in the warp yarn sheet can cause problems when
passing through the heald wires or beater. Once spotted it is the weavers
responsibility to remove it, to avoid warp breaks if the slub does not pass the
reed; or to avoid a fault if the slub goes into the cloth.
Extra end:
Guide it through the guide eyes to the winding device.
Missing end:

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 Take the nearest positioned extra end and guide it through the guide eye s to the
missing end position.
Crossed end:
To be corrected by the weaver.
Lap end on warp beam:
It can be an extra end coming up, or a previously missing end coming back.
Thick end or wrong yarn count (Ne):
Take out, guide to the winding device, identify the end as incorrect with a label,
and replace with a normal end from the extra end reserve.
Stuck ends / sizing fault:
Separate the ends with the help of the guides.
Spare end bobbin:
The extra ends provided on the warp beam need to be guided through the guides
provided on the spare end bar, to the side of the loom and then wound onto the
spare end bobbin. These need to be kept tidy otherwise a tangled mess will
quickly result. When the bobbin is full it needs to be stripped.
Fluff and fly:
When pieces of fluff or fly have settled on the warp they should be removed
immediately to prevent them from being woven in. Fluff and fly attached to
machinery should be removed before it becomes detached and also weave into
the cloth.
Waste / wild yarn:
Extra piece of yarn, which have either been left on a beam or have dropped onto
a loom, remove them immediately before they become entangled or woven in.

Precautionary Measures while jacquard weaving:

The lacing of the cards should be done properly keeping in mind that each card
is having similar tension and no card should overlap each other.
The card chain should be mounted on the jacquard carefully.
Whenever a new weaver comes to start weaving he or she should carefully
notice the clear shed formation otherwise they should find the last card whose
pick is inserted by reversing the card chain.
If any defect is coming in the design then the weaver should stop weaving and
check all possible point from where the defect could come line breakage in
lacing, cards overlapping, fluff or fly blocks the holes of the cylinder etc.

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1. Cloth Quality
Short picks:
Is the weft being inserted properly?
Kinks and snarls:
Is the weft too lively or not enough tension?
Weft bars:
Is this a variation of weft; or take-up or left-off motion malfunction?
Uneven yarn:
Has the weft quality deteriorated and the pirn needs to be changed?
Broken pick:
Has the weft been inserted for the whole width of the cloth, either breaking in its
insertion or not being held at the receiving side?
Stitching:
This is usually associated with a slack warp end, or too low warp tension.
Double end:
Two ends weaving as one in the same heald break out the extra end.
Wrong draft:
An end or ends have been inserted into the wrong heald eye, resulting in a break
in the cloth pattern.
Wrong dent:
An end has been drawn incorrectly in the reed resulting in a warp line down the
cloth or a break in the cloth pattern.
Selvedge
Is the selvedge complete and correct, resulting in a correct edge to the fabric?
Are the cut-off selvedge being removed correctly? Is the selvedge construction
correct?
Warp Yarn Guides
Are all the catch cord guides clean and in good conditions?
Reed Marks
Is there any warp way lines caused by a damaged beater?

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Warp related:
Extra end: guide it through the spring to the winding device.
Missing end: take the nearest positioned extra end and guide it through the
spring into the missing end position.
Crossed end: to be corrected by the weaver during his patrol.
Lap end on warp beam: it can be an extra end coming up, or a previously
missing end coming back.
Thick end: take out, guide to the winding device and replace by a normal end
from the reserve.
Stuck ends (sizing fault): separate ends, with the help of the guide spring.
Slub (thick place in the yarn): once spotted it is the weavers responsibility to
remove it, to avoid warp breaks (if the slub does not pass the reed), or to avoid a
fault (if the slub goes into the cloth).
Warp beam cleanliness: dust and extra ends on the warp beam cause warp
breaks. The weaver has to keep the beam clean.
Heddle change: when a heald breaks the weaver has to change it. If there are
several healds to change the weaver should call the fitter in order to avoid
stopping his patrolling for a long time.
Wrong draw in the reed: the weaver must correct it immediately.

Weft related:
Weft variation: when weft mixing small variations between cones is hidden.
However, if a particular thick or thin yarn is introduced, an irregular appearance
will result. The offending cone needs to be replaced and the supervisor informed.

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